plural noun: more than one of a particular noun
Examples: mice, curtains, scissors, ambiguities
abstract noun: a thing or idea that does not
have a physical shape and substance
Examples: virtue, calamity, audition, agreement
plural abstract noun: more than one of a particular abstract
noun
Examples: affections, rules, indiscretions, foibles
verb: an action
Examples: seek, shimmer, prosper, turn
transitive verb: a verb that requires an
object
Examples: make, ask, help, ruin
intransitive verb: a verb that does not
have an object
Examples: sleep, fume, wink, linger
adjective: a word that describes a noun
Examples: lovely, green, preposterous, convoluted
emotion adjective: an adjective denoting emotion
Examples: angry, joyful, confused, smug
color: can be more than one word
Examples: magenta, raven black, opalescent, robin's egg blue
adverb: an adverb; a word that describes a verb, or—less
often—an
adjective
Examples: well, quickly, poorly, suddenly
body part: usually assumed to be human, but it doesn't have to
be
Examples: brain, tentacle, liver, skin
plural body part: more than one of a particular body part, or a
body part that a being has more than one of
Examples: hooves, kidneys, eyes, muscles
substance:
Examples: clay, gravel, Tiger Balm, cream cheese
liquid:
Examples: blood, milk, gasoline, Rogue Mocha Porter
terrain:
Examples: tundra, rainforest, savannah, pavement
food: something that someone (or something) would eat
Examples: tofu, beef stew, fruit salad, eucalyptus leaves
professional: a member of a particular profession
Examples: doctor, ditchdigger, leechwife, contortionist
specific place:
Examples: Niagara Falls, Home Depot, Red Square, Podunk Junior
College
general place: a generic setting or type of place
Examples: post office, mountain top, locker room, hospital
city, state, country, or continent:
Examples: Bangalore, Kerala, India, Asia
name: the full name of a person, or as much of it as they
usually use
Examples: George W. Bush, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Marilyn Wann, k.d.
lang
first name: a first or given name
Examples: Vijay, Rosalba, Dmitri, Mary Sue
last name: a last name or surname
Examples: Li, Bagthorpe, Williams, Gudrunsdotter
female name: usually just a first name
Examples: Alice, Rashida, Miriam, Drew
male name: usually just a first name
Examples: Biff, Ivan, Timothy, Drew
celebrity: a famous person from any era or field of
expertise
Examples: Cher, Kubla Khan, Ursula K. Le Guin, Sir Isaac Newton
supernatural being: an imaginary or magical being
Examples: vampire, ghost, hamadryad, Jehovah
deity: a god or goddess, either major or minor
Examples: Buddha, Mnemosyne, Loki, Lilith
exclamation: usually something that is only used as an
exclamation
Examples: Whoa, Nelly! Heavens to Betsy! Gadzooks! S'blood!
greeting: a greeting of any kind, in any language
Examples: Yo! Hark! How ya doin'? Privyet!
noise: a particular sound. Usually means a transcription of the
sound itself, rather than the name or description of a sound (for example,
"Ouch!" rather than "pained yelp")
Examples: Yipyipyipyip! Po-wheet! Chugachugachugachuga…
activity: a hobby or practice or action
Examples: baseball, nepotism, sodomy, knitting
The Mad Libertarian was born in a(n) (substance) (container) to a pair of starving (pl. prof.) in the smoking ruins of (city or town) on (date). Although (past tense tr. verb) by many (pl. noun) and (past tense tr. verb) by his (adj.) (noun), he has not yet met his (terrible fate).